The Daily Entrepreneur: Starbucks, Ethics, and Impact Investing

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-06-18 01:34:00 UTC
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A Starbucks Moment for Nonprofits?: Robert Egger writes a phenomenal post about how Starbucks took advantage of a generational sensibility to revolutionized the service industry and how it might be time for nonprofits to make a similar investment in workforce infrastructure.

Ethics for Social Entrepreneurs: A great discussion on Social Edge about how social entrepreneurs can maintain a particular code of ethics that cuts across their social impact, their treatment of employees, and beyond.

Impact Investing with Kevin Jones: Good Capital principle Kevin Jones talks about investing for social impact - good starter Q&A.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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